Trade

05 Nov 2018

02 Nov 2018

Brent crude, which was trading at $74.51 per barrel on Thursday, was trading lower at $72.79 per barrel today, as the number of waivers granted took the wind out of the sanctions

01 Nov 2018

The move to revoke duty-free imports of select products could impact India’s small and medium units, including priority sectors like handlooms and agriculture

30 Oct 2018

30 Oct 2018

Both countries decided to expand their development cooperation in an open, transparent and non-exclusive manner and based on international standards, including respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations

29 Oct 2018

29 Oct 2018

Prime minister Narendra Modi, who is in Japan to attend the 13th India-Japan annual summit, said the partnership between the two countries now stands fundamentally transformed into a ‘special strategic and global partnership’

26 Oct 2018

23 Oct 2018

19 Oct 2018

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) believes that denying work permits to H-4 visa holders, about 70,000 of whom are Indians, will benefit some US workers

16 Oct 2018

Exports from the country in September declined 2.15 per cent in dollar terms while imports grew at a much faster rate of 10.45 per cent

15 Oct 2018

India, which imports more than 80 per cent of its oil requirements, has been under pressure as crude oil prices have surged by 50 per cent in dollar terms and by 70 per cent in rupee terms in just one year, as the rupee continued to lose value

12 Oct 2018

Besides curbing imports, the duty hike on some electronic items and telecom equipment such as smartwatches, Voice over Internet Protocol equipment, phones, and Ethernet switches will also help boost domestic manufacture of such items

08 Oct 2018

08 Oct 2018

05 Oct 2018

India also signed an agreement for setting up a space monitoring station near the Russian city of Novosibirsk in Siberia and is looking to ink deal for four warships, additional Mi-17V-5 helicopters and joint production of Ka-226T helicopters besides licensed production of AK 103 assault rifles as also a military logistics deal with Russia

04 Oct 2018

The United States is trying to impose its sanctions law, CAATSA, to thwart an India-Russia deal for S-400 air defence system, worth $8.5 billion

28 Sep 2018

27 Sep 2018

27 Sep 2018

The government brought aviation turbine fuel under the tariff net, imposing a 5 per cent import duty on this sensitive item, a move that could push up air fares, but excluded electronic items from the hike

24 Sep 2018

21 Sep 2018

19 Sep 2018

19 Sep 2018

China raised tariffs on $60 bn of US goods, bringing 5,207 types of US goods, including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals, under the tariff net as US slapped equal amount of duties on some 5,000 Chinese-made goods worth about $200 bn

18 Sep 2018

The current negotiations are aimed at removing sources of trade friction, and a trade deal is expected to benefit Indian farmers and US manufacturers of medical devices the most, says the report